Hey everyone,
Been a while since I’ve done some new stuff – but, I’ve been quite busy in the trenches with multiple projects going on at once.
If some of you know me, you know I’m quite a Starcraft 2 player. While I’m not all that good (High Gold/Low Platinum on US servers, and High Silver/Low Gold on Korean servers), I still try my best to learn from each win or loss. The problem for me coming into SC2 was a complete lack of RTS experience. Now I, like the rest of you, probably played a ton of Red Alert, Starcraft 1, Warcraft 2, Warcraft 3, Red Alert 2, Total Annihilation, etc with “10 mins, no rush!” type games with your brothers/friends. Stepping into SC2 I would just get obliterated since I had absolutely no idea what I was doing – frustrating to say the least. When I was searching around for video tutorials I stumbled upon some youtube archives of the Day[9] Daily. Not only have I learned a LOT from watching one Sean Plott, aka Day[9], about the game of Starcraft 2, but, he’s turned me on to some fantastic music that I didn’t know about before (shocking, I know). One of those groups is Blue Sky Black Death. After hearing “Swords From Driftwood” on his show…I HAD to hear more. Needless to say I’ve become a HUGE fan of theirs after not even knowing about them even just a few months ago. I’ve done a few single artist mixes before – all archived here: DJ Shadow, 2 Teebee mixes, Hybrid, and even 2 All Movin Shadow mixes when I heard the label was disolving. This is the newest “All Artist” mix – all Blue Sky Black Death. I made this mix as my way to say thank you to Day[9] for four things:
Exposing me to so much amazing new music (Ludique, BSBD, Purity Ring, etc)
Teaching me an absurd amount about the game of Starcraft 2
Making me a better gamer
Putting so much effort into the community – his passion and energy are tireless
For all of this, I have to thank him. I’ve made huge strides in my play due to his dailies alone, and I’ve also begun to think about games in a different way – understanding the WHY of what we do in addition to the how and what of what we do.
Sean/Day[9] – Thank you, sincerely, for everything that you do!
If YOU would like to check out the Day[9] Daily – please go to Day9.tv. He broadcasts every Sunday – Thursday night from 7-8pm PST.
Now…without further adeu, the tracklist:
01: Our Hearts Of Ruin – NOIR
02: Slow Years – Third Party
03: Threads Of Gold – Third Party
04: Farewell To The Former World – NOIR
05: Sky With Hand – NOIR
06: Gold In Gold Out – NOIR
07: All The News Is Bad Again – Late Night Cinema
08: Where Do We Go – NOIR
09: Sleeping Children Are Still Flying – NOIR
10: Dream of Dying – A Heap Of Broken Images
11: They Came Around – A Heap Of Broken Images
12: Listen Child – Late Night CInema
13: Days Are Years – A Heap of Broken Images
14: Lord Of Our Vice – Late Night Cinema
15: To The Ends Of The Earth – NOIR
16: Fire For Light – NOIR
17: Swords From Driftwood – NOIR
18: The Era When We Sang – Late Night Cinema
19: And Stars, Ringed – NOIR
20: Institution – Third Party
21: Set Fire – Third Party
22: Where The Sun Sets – NOIR
The format for this tracklist is: Song – Album. Every song is by Blue Sky Black Death.
You can download the mix here:Day9.mp3
As always – tell your friends and spread the word!
Enjoy!
Helix